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A view from within the pitcher of this semi-carnivorous plant (Nepenthes ampullaria). Without a protective lid as in most other species of Nepenthes, the pitchers of N. ampullaria are exposed to rain as well as a continual fall of leaf litter from the forest canopy. In this way they are able to derive a significant portion of their nutrients from detritus. The dark objects on the inner rim are pupae of a Megaselia fly whose larvae feed on dead insects within the pitcher fluid. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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Aschiza, Borneo, Brachycera, Caryophyllales, Cyclorrhapha, Diptera, East Malaysia, Insecta, Magnoliopsida, Malaysia, Nepenthaceae, Phoridae, Platypezoidea, Sarawak, Southeast Asia, animal, arthropod, carnivorous plant, fauna, flora, fly, fruit fly, insect, invertebrate, pitcher plant, plant, rainforest, tropical, tropical pitcher plant
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- Borneo, Carnivorous Plants, Plants
